A number of Chinese cultural and folk art performances were recently presented at an exhibition of Chinese culture put together for the Kazakh people. Many local visitors turned up to experience the China Cultural Heritage Exhibition, a part of "Experience China 2016," a large scale event opened in Kazakhstan on Aug. 26.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights said August 23 that China’s achievements in alleviating extreme poverty in recent years, and in meeting highly ambitious targets for improving social well-being, have been extraordinary.

Sept.5,2016

On Sept. 4, 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Group of 20 (G20) summit and delivers an opening speech in Hangzhou.

Sept. 5, 2016

China's top legislature on Saturday ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, a significant international legal document that outlines post-2020 global climate governance.

Sept. 6, 2016

China on Friday held a forum to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Sept. 6, 2016

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, invited the wives of leaders attending the G20 summit to an anti-AIDS advocacy tour in Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, on Monday.

Sept. 6, 2016

China's first Charity Day, which fell on Monday and follows the enforcement of the Charity Law last week, was celebrated with a string of promotional activities nationwide.

Sept. 6, 2016

Under the theme of "Toward an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy," this year's G20 Summit was held from September 4-5 in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.

The G20, which represents 85 percent of global GDP, 80 percent of international trade and 65 percent of the world's population, is considered one of the most influential platforms for global financial governance.

The summit not only matters to countries all over the world, but also benefits their citizens, according to the Voice of China, a China National Radio program. Let's take a look at what benefits the summit brings.

Sept. 7, 2016

China's central authority has issued a national action plan on prevention of disabilities, which aims to effectively reduce new disabilities by 2020 through promoting awareness and early screening.

Sept.8,2016

More than 4,400 athletes from 160 countries and regions will compete at the Rio Paralympic Games, which officially opened at the Maracana Stadium on Wednesday.

Sept. 8, 2016

China has vowed to form a closer community of shared future with Southeast Asian nations while commemorating the 25th anniversary of their dialogue relationship.

Sept. 8, 2016

Top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Wednesday urged Communist Party of China (CPC) committees at all levels to strengthen and improve leadership over religious work.

Sept. 8, 2016

Armenian police deported 129 Chinese telecom fraud suspects, including 78 from Taiwan, to the Chinese mainland, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced Wednesday.

Sept. 12, 2016

A white paper published Monday by the State Council Information Office hailed the new progress made in human rights protection in the field of justice as China enhances the rule of law in all respects.

Sept. 13, 2016

Law experts in China expect the government to impose severe penalties on those who grow and sell illegal genetically-modified (GM) foods.

Sept. 18, 2016

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and pay official visits to Canada and Cuba, during a trip on Sept. 18-28.

Sept.18,2016

China`s space lab Tiangong-2 roars into the air on the back of a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 15, 2016.

Sept.18,2016

On September 16, 2016, during the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland delivered a joint statement entitled "Realizing Development for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights" on behalf of nearly 140 countries, emphasizing that development is vital for the promotion and protection of human rights.

Sept. 18, 2016

A cultural exchange delegation from China's Tibet Autonomous Region attended a seminar in Prague on Friday to deepen exchanges with Czechs.

Sept. 19, 2016

The 2016 Rio Paralympics was closed yesterday and China sets a record with 239 medals including 107 gold medals, both ranking the first on the list.

Sept.19,2016

At the 85th anniversary of the "September 18 Incident", many regions in China hold theme activities to remind people to remember history and never forget national humiliation.

Sept.20,2016

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Monday that China will provide 100 million U.S. dollars in additional humanitarian aid to help solve problems brought about by massive movement of refugees and migrants.

Sept. 20, 2016

China’s human rights issues have become tools of some western countries to interfere in our domestic affairs and subvert our government, said Chinese human rights expert Li Junru.

Sept. 21, 2016

To mark the 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, a photo exhibition themed “sustainable development and progress of China’s human rights” sponsored by China’s State Council Information Office was opened at the UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2016.

Sept. 21, 2016

Beijing residents will no longer be classified as either rural or urban dwellers once the local government carries out further reform of its household registration system, the Beijing Municipal Government announced on Sept. 19.

Sept. 23, 2016

Educational equality is an important foundation of social equality. Ensuring students from impoverished families enter school and complete their studies smoothly, is an important measure to promote educational equality and a crucial means to alleviate poverty.

In 2015, through the joint efforts of the financial and educational departments of the central and local governments, as well as schools at all levels, student financial aid in China made new breakthroughs.

The national student financial aid system was enhanced through increased subsidies, with more special aids targeting at registered poverty-stricken students, orphans and disabled students. New policies were also implemented to prevent students dropping from school due to financial problems.

Sept. 26, 2016

China has announced plans to relocate more than 9 million impoverished people to less geographically disadvantaged areas in the next five years. The move is part of China's recent efforts to deliver on the government’s goal of eliminating poverty during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).

Sept. 29, 2016

China's protection of ethnic minority rights won recognition from both domestic and overseas specialists at a China-Europe seminar on human rights, which opened Wednesday in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing.

Sept. 29, 2016

A two-day China-Europe seminar on human rights opened Wednesday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, centered around the theme of protecting the rights of ethnic minorities.

Sept. 30, 2016

The Chinese government on Thursday published its third national action plan on human rights protection, addressing challenges and promising to improve people's standard of living and quality of life.

The National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2016-2020), released by the State Council Information Office (SCIO), follows the previous two which covered 2009-2010 and 2012-2015 periods.